5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FAKED

FAKED is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /feɪkt/

Verb

simple past and past participle of fake

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How FAKED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAKED as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,501 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

F___D F in the 1st position and D in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position FA_ED F in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST RINSE SLART SENOR SONLY CLINK
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAKED performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#10,501 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAKED ranks #10,501 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
706
4 guesses
1,343
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
8

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
33%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

464
319
240
167
165
150
76
67
64
46
46
45
41
36
33
28
26
24
22
21
21
20
19
19
15
12
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAKED:

20% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
14% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

19.7% →
HOIST 5.92 bits
13.5% →
RINSE 5.24 bits
10.2% →
SLART 5.41 bits
7.1% →
SENOR 4.51 bits
7.0% →
SLART 5.35 bits
6.4% →
SONLY 4.58 bits
3.2% →
CLINK 4.73 bits
2.8% →
URINE 4.39 bits
2.7% →
DROIT 4.54 bits
1.9% →
SAULT 3.68 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for FAKED; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

F4A1K5E1D2
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.